The company intends to use the funding, which brings the company’s total seed round to $2.7m, to hire new engineers, ans expand its marketing efforts and operations.

Publicly launched in January 2013 by CEO Tim Weingarten and and Simon Peck, The Hunt promises to provide online shoppers with the opportunity to find and buy the products seen in images shared on blogs, photo apps and social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Tumblr, based on suggestions from others, in real time.